BILL CALLAHAN UNVEILS ‘COWBOY’ FROM HIS UPCOMING ALBUM ‘GOLD RECORD’

Bill Callahan has announced his seventh album under his own name, titled ‘Gold Record’, will be released on September 4th. His latest song taken from the album ‘Cowboy’ is available to stream now, with another expected every Monday until the album is released.The album was recorded Matt Kinsey on guitars and Jaime Zurverza on bass.  Bill Callahan Official | Twitter Read More

Titles of Quality from The Frostier Side of New Wave (or Cold Wave)

The ‘New Wave’ moniker covers an expanse of styles that would probably be best represented by a diagram depicting rainfall (representing: subgenres) over a large, undefined area of landmass (representing: aforementioned genre) within the planet we presume to own. To narrow down this amorphous projection involves one of these musical offshoots (see above) that unsurprisingly didn’t quite find itself on the receiving end of a rocket launch with coordinates set for the swirling... Read More

BANDANTE UNVEIL VIDEO FOR ‘SO THIS IS NOW’

Bandante have unveiled their latest video ‘So This is Now’. The project is a collaboration between Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds guitarist George Vjestica and artist Timothy Shepard.Work on ‘So This Is Now’ began at Vale Studios with the recording of an instrumental piece written by Vjestica, who was joined on the track by Ian Matthews of Kasabian on drums, Nikolaj Torp of The Specials on Hammond and Mellotron, and Tim Hutton of Prodigy on horns.Vjestica... Read More

SWEDISH ARTIST REBECKA REINHARD UNVEILS ‘A PICK’ AHEAD OF NEW EP ‘WHALE’

Swedish artist Rebecka Reinhard has released her new single ‘A Pick’ ahead of EP ‘Whale’ which will be released on August 21st.Speaking about the meaning behind the song, she said:“So I found this pick. A guitar pick. It was lying on the ground, face down and I obviously went to pick it up and when I flipped it over it had my ex’s name on it, in big black letters, just staring at me like a bad joke. I was still kind of in the process... Read More

NEW SINGLE ‘WILL YOU RETURN / WHEN YOU COME DOWN’ UNVEILED BY THE FLAMING LIPS

The Flaming Lips have released ‘Will You Return / When You Come Down’, the latest song to be taken from their upcoming new album ‘American Head’ set for release 11th September via Bella Union.The video was filmed during quarantine in their home state of Oklahoma and directed by Wayne Coyne and George Salisbury for delo creative.Speaking about the album, frontman Wayne Coyne said:“Even though The Flaming Lips are from Oklahoma we never... Read More

EXETER TRIO BLACK FOXXES UNVEIL NEW SINGLE ‘SWIM’ TAKEN FROM UPCOMING THIRD ALBUM

Exeter’s Black Foxxes have unveiled new single ‘Swim’ taken from their soon to be released third album. The album is self-titled and due out on 30th October.Speaking about the album, singer and songwriter Mark Holley says:“We’re so fucking excited about this record and have ultimately made it for no one else other than ourselves. We cut out the noise from the outside and we just made something that WE were proud of, so it’s fucking weird,... Read More

Rig Stars: Girls In Synthesis

We’re a curious bunch here at Silent Radio and decided it was time to start scratching that itch, so we asked Girls In Synthesis what their favourite pieces of music making equipment are. This is what they told us:  JOHN LINGER – BASSIST What is it? Phonic Stereo Echorder (2 channel BBD delay unit)How long have you had it? Maybe 5-6 yearsHow does it help shape your sound? It enables me to manipulate Jim and I’s vocals onstage, from subtle echoes to... Read More

NORWICH BASED TRIO OTHER HALF UNVEIL LATEST SINGLE ‘SAMENESS WITHOUT END’ AHEAD OF DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE

Norwich based trio Other Half have released their latest single ‘Sameness Without End’.Speaking about the video that accompanies the release, they band said:“As nice as it’s been making all our previous videos ourselves, it’s pretty hard to get us all playing together when Sophie has to be stood behind the camera the whole time. I think we operate at our best when we’re actually making a din together, so we asked our friend Tom from Road Mutant... Read More

NEW SINGLE ‘WISHBONE’ UNVEILED BY SNAKE EYES AHEAD OF DEBUT EP

Snake Eyes have released new single ‘Wishbone’ ahead of their debut EP ‘Skeletons’ that will be released on October 9th via Failure By Design Records.Guitarist and vocalist Jim Heffy says:“Wishbone was a pretty early idea I think. It has that energy of bands I really dig like The Computers or Metz and came to me pretty quick. It’s about people expecting things to happen without actually working for it. I suppose I was saying that things... Read More

NEW PROJECT MARIE DAVIDSON & L’ŒIL NU ANNOUNCE DEBUT ALBUM AND UNVEIL TITLE TRACK ‘RENEGADE BREAKDOWN’

Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu, a trio formed of three old-time friends and long-term collaborators in Montreal’s DIY scene: Marie, Pierre Guerineau and Asaël R. Robitaille, have unveiled new single ‘Renegade Breakdown’. The song is the title track of an album to be released on 25th September via Ninja Tune and comes alongside a lyric video available now.Speaking about the album, Davidson says simply:“We wanted to make songs like the music... Read More